Into the Blue 2: The Reef

Review By: Tom Herrmann
TomHerrmann@TheCinemaSource.com

Movie Grade: F
DVD Features Grade: F
Overall Grade: F

There have been some seriously terrible movies that I have had to suffer through in my lifetime. To say that Into the Blue 2 is the worst would be a lie because I have seen Awake which features both Hayden Christianson and Jessica Alba who are quite the terrible acting duo. I have to say that this definitely falls within the highest ranking of films that make me want to become Amish so I can abandon cinema as a whole.

With that said, Into the Blue 2 follow the story of cliché protagonists Sebastian (Chris Carmack) and his girlfriend Dani (Laura Vandervoort) who live in Hawaii and bring people diving for a living. Things get complicated when the obviously suspicious Carlton (David Anders) and Azra (Marsha Thomason) want help in searching for a sunken boat that is considered a mere legend. Turns out that they are international terrorists who know of a fortune in the same area the boat is supposedly buried. After accepting this as the truth, Sebastian and Dani later find that it is money along with nuclear weapons. High-five food good judgment of character you guys.

Yeah the plot is as ridiculous and predictable as it sounds. Every twist and every turn is actual more predictable than those in 12 Rounds. I only bring that up because that was my last review and a lot of my complaints seem to be the same. One of the most annoying things about Into the Blue 2 has to be how utterly pointless it is. The entire film is just an excuse to have actors who look like second rate models in next to nothing. Don’t get me wrong, that can make a film more enjoyable but it can’t make a film. To be completely honest, I don’t even know what the original was about and I didn’t know what this was about until about twenty minutes in. That twenty minutes is a generous estimate too, it was most likely more.

The only thing that might be more bothersome than the pointlessness is the editing. The opening had about as much substance as the Baywatch opening and about half as much dignity. Throughout the film the style seems to drift from Baywatch to low budget music video to coincide with the fact that the entire film play something like a made-for-MTV film that never sees a video release. All of the drama of the film seems like it is aimed at a middle school demographic with characters that all seem to be caught in the seventh grade.

Oh special features on a straight-to-video release. The concept of having them at all really confuses me. If the movie wasn’t good enough to have a theatrical release, why do they think it’s good enough to have people want to know how they filmed it. The first feature which was obviously titled by pre-teen boys ...